Originally Posted by
rdneckpilot
Even with networking you would be hard pressed to find 172's at 100 an hour..
I know of a flight club that rents a 172RG for $109/wet located at APA. It shouldn't take more than 10 hours for CFI training. 10 hours at $109 works out to be $1090.
FAA books are free.
The FAA provides check-rides for free.
A low-time CFI usually charges/earns around $15-$30 per flight/ground hour.
If one has a friend who is a CFI, one could negotiate a reasonable price for flight instruction.
There are flight schools in AZ that hire CFIs with 250 hours.
Some flight schools provide instructors with free flight hours and free dual instruction towards training for a CFII and/or MEI. My CFII cost me under $1000. I took advantage of free dual instruction and free flight time provided by the flight school I worked at, at the time.
One could easily pay $3000-$3500 for a CFI initial and a CFII.